Side-hill plow



(No Model.)

J RAPP.

SIDE HILLPLOW.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

- UNITED STATES PATENT QFFKQEQ JOHN RAPP, OF CDLLINSVILLE, COXNEOTIQUT.

SIDE-HILL PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming p'art of Letters Patent No. 300,502, dated June 17, 1884-.

(No model.)

To (1, whom, it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN RAPP, of Collinsville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Side-Hill Plow, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a side-hill plow of simple and durable construction, and one which may be handled more easily than ordinary plows of this class.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawingsfiorming part of this specification, in

. which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figurel is a side elevation of-1ny improved plow. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with one of the handles partly broken away, and

' passing between upright cleats b b, fixed to the shoe, and between which cleats the lower forward converging ends of the handles D also fi t,thchandles being also mortised into the bedplate of the shoe, so that the standard 0 and handles D serve firmly to hold the shoe against backward movement, while the shoecleats I) Z) strengthen their connection with the shoe by serving as lateral braces. From the shoe the handles D diverge and pass at each side of the beam A, to which they are bolted at d, i

. standard G, and having the hooks L, pivoted and extend backward and are braced at suitable distance apart by the cross-bar E, as shown.

F is the mold-board or share, which is securely bolted to the standard G, which may have two or more side extensions, 9 g, to brace and strengthen the mold-board at the back against the strains of use. The standard G is pivoted in the shoe B at H, and by its'upwardly extending journal I in the beam A, so that the mold-board F may be swung on its pivots H I to either side after the beam is swung around, to set the mold board for cutting both ways on the side hill. I swing the mold-board by a lever, J, which is pivoted to the journal I, and works over the cross-bar K, bolted to the beam A, which bar serves as a fulcrum, on which the moldboard may be raised by the lever prior to reversing the mold-board. The mold-board is held in both positions by a hook, L, which is hung on a staple or other suitable eye-fastening, Z, fixed to the standard 0, and is hooked into eyes or staples M, fastened to the back of the mold-board near its opposite edges, as will be understood from the drawings.

In its construction and operation my iniproved plow is very simple and durable, and

may easily be handled without the heavy lifting required in the use of other plows, and my plow may also be used to advantage in level soils.

I am aware that side-hill plows have been heretofore constructed in which the mold board was secured to a standard pivoted be tween the beam and a shoe secured below the beam by a standard and the handles; also,

that a mold-board pivoted as above has been provided with hinged wings connected to a standard by pivoted links, and I do not desire to claim any such constructions, broadly, as of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A side-hill plow consisting of the beam A and shoeB, connected together by the stand ard G and handles D, braces 1), connecting the handles and standard 0, staple Z, secured to standard G, lever J, fulcrum-bar K, and moldboard F, secured at the center of its rear face to the pivoted standard, and provided with eyes M on both sides of its center for e'ngaging said hooks L, substantially as set forth. JOHN RAPP. Witnesses:

W. W. BIDWELL,- ALBERT VVEILLER. 

